Browse Reference Articles
11 to 20 of 410 articles
-
Underwater explosion
An underwater explosion, also known as an UNDEX, is an explosion beneath the surface of water. The type of explosion may be chemical or nuclear. They are categorised in accordance with their depth ... > more -
Weapons Technology
Nuclear Energy
Renewable Energy
Energy and the Environment
Physics
Environmental Science
Effects of nuclear explosions
A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction. The driving reaction may be nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or a multistage cascading ... > more -
Positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique which produces a three dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body. PET is both a medical and ... > more -
Energy and the Environment
Renewable Energy
Environmental Science
Nuclear Energy
Petroleum
Energy Technology
Future energy development
Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. When harnessing energy from primary energy sources and converting them ... > more -
Particle physics
Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. It is also called "high energy physics", because many ... > more -
Potential energy
Potential energy is stored energy. Potential energy is the energy that exists by virtue of the relative positions (configurations) of the objects within a physical system. This form of energy has the ... > more
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,158

